Electric cigar-lighting apparatus.



PATENTED FEB. 19, 1907.-

S. M. MEYER. ELECTRIC CIGAR LIGHTING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED D110. 21, 1905.

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PATENTBD FEB. 19, 1907.

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S. M. MEYER.

ELECTRIC CIGAR LIGHTING APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 21, 1905.

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SVEND MARTIN MEYER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO GEORGE CLINTON BATCHELLER, OF NEW YORK, N .'Y.

ELECTRIC CIGAR-EIGHTING.APPARATUS- Patented Feb. 19,1907.

new and useful Improvements in Electric Cigar-Lighting Apparatus, of which the following isa specification.

,My improved cigar-lighter embraces a torch constructed with two conducting-rods carrying a body of ca illary material adapted to be charged wit alcohol or other m flammable liquid and an incandescin coil rods, one of said rods being connected by wirewith'one pole of a suitable battery and the other projecting in position to be brought in contact with a conducting post electrically connected with the other pole of the battery, so as to close an electric circuit through the mcandescing coil, 'and thereby ignite the torch.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cigar-lighting apparatus, illustrating my invention. Fig. 2 1s a detachedview of the lighting-torch, partly in section. Fig. 3 is a detached view of an incandescing coil and the clips on which its ends are mounted for ap lication to the posiucting-rods of the torch. Fig. 4 is a perspective view, partly in section, showing the battery-case forming the base of the apparatus open and illustrating the mode of effecting electrical connection of the torch and contact-post with the res ective poles of unattached battery-cells,

as ereinafterdescribed. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of adjacent ends of the batthe connection from the carbon of one cell to the zinc of the other and also a contact-spring which, in the act of placing the cells in the casing,

. connection with the conducting-wires carried by. the several lighting-torches, as here inafter'described. Fig. 6 is a side view of the torch, partly in section, illustrating a modification. Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view, on a larger scale, of the lighting-coil and its attachments shown in Fig. 6, together with adjacent portions of the positive and negative conductingrods and a capillary wick carried by one of them.

A and A, Fig. 4, represent two cells of a dry battery of a common form connected by conducting-wire 3 from the carbon or establishes manipulating the nut 11 the cap connected for use.

positive pole of the cell A to the zinc shell of thecell A. These cells are contained in a case consisting of a box B, having a parti tion P and a hinged cover C. On the top 'of this cover is mounted a rigid metal 0st 1 for making contact with and closing t e circuit through a lighting-torch, such as shown, for example, in Fig. 2 or Fig. 6, as hereinafter described. The contact-post 1 extends through the cover .or top C of the casing and is in electric connection with a s ring-plate 2, which when the cover is close presses on the zinc shell of the cell A, so as to make effective electric contact therewith. Customary connection between the cells A A without attachment to the casing is effected by insulated wire3, clamped by its ends to the carbon of the cell A and the zinc of the cell A. On the projecting end of the carbon of the cell A is clamped a spring-plate 4, which in the act ofplacing the cells in the casing makes contact with a metal plate 5 within the easmg connected with a metal tube 6, extending through the end of the casing for reception of the fixed naked ends of insulated wires 7, attached by their free ends to, the handles 8 of lighting-torches. Any desirable number of these lighting-torches and conducting wires or. cords maybeused. For illustration, I have shown two in Fig. 1. When not in use, the torches are set in vertical sockets 9, fixed on top of the cover O, designed and adapted to contain alcohol or other suitable inflammable li uid. Forillustratio11,ll1ave shown five of ti tice an equal number of torches and alcoholsockets may of course be employed.

A suitable construct-ion of torch will now be described. Referrim to Figs. 2 and 6, the base of the torch-handle 8 is made with a screw-cap 8, within which the extremity of the insulated wire 7 is confined by a knot or other means. stripped of insulation is clamped between washers 10 by a nut 11 on the rear end of a conducting rod 12. For convenience in 8 can be freely slip ed back on the cord 7. Confining the end 0 the cord by a knot or other means within the cap prevents any strain of the cord on the connection 10 ll'when the parts are :lhe conducting-rod 12 extends through the handle 8, projects therefrom to a convenient length, and carries one The extreme end of this wire 1e alcohol-sockets. In pracextremity of an incandescing coil 13, the other extremity of which is mounted on an insulated metal rod 14, mounted in the front end of the handle 8 and having a projecting point 14, which (in operation) is pressed against the contact-post 1, so as to close an electric circuit through the coil 13. This effect signition of the alcohol carried by capillary material 15, Fig. 2, in proximity to the incandescent coil 13. In Fig. 2 this capillary material is shown as a wire coil or web 15, wrapped around the insulated rod 14 in position to be immersed in the alcohol when the torch is at rest in its receiving-socket 9, as shown in Fig. 1.

The mode of mounting the incandescing coil 13 on the torch illustrated in Figs. 2 and .3 is as follows: The ends of the coil are attached to spring-clips 16, such as shown in Fig. 3, adapted to spring over and cling to the respective rods 12 and 14. To protect the coil from injury while detached from the torch, the clips 16 are rigidly connected by a brace or strut 17, which may be of insulating material to prevent short-circuiting or direct conduction between the clips 16 while in use; but before placing the clips in position on the rods it is expedient to sever the brace 17, as shown in Fig. 2, so as to leave the clips 16 free for adjustment each to its own rod 12 or 14. The rods 12 and 14 are provided near their ends with collars 12 or other suitable stops, against which the clips may be slipped-to locate the coil 13 in proper position on the rods. 18 represents ashield-plate beneath the coil 13 to deflect the gas evolved from the alcohol and effect its more ready ignition by the incandescent coil. 19 represents a guard projecting over the end of the rod 12, so as to prevent injury to the coil 13 by accidental straddling of the rods 12 and 14 over the margin of the socket in the act of placing the torch therein.

Figs. 6 and 7 illustrate a modification in the mounting of the incandescing coil and capillary medium in the torch so as to avoid the immersion of the incandescing-coilin the alcohol and so that the coil, being dry, may

respond more promptly and freely to the heating efle'ct of the electric current. To this end the capillary medium is formed of a long Wick 15*, of asbestos or other fibrous material, clipped by one edge in a sheet-metal back 14*, which may constitute the insulated back and the ends of the coil hooked thereon in readiness for turning down the screws to clamp the hooked ends of the coil beneath their heads.

Having thus described my invention, the

following is what I claim as new therein and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In an electric torch, the combination of a pair of relatively insulated conducting-rods, aresistance-coil havingspring-cli son itsends adapted to catch over said con uctingrods so as to connect them electrically through said resistance-coil, stops on the rods against which the cli s may be slipped to locate the resistance-co in proper position, a capillary body adjacent to the resistance-coil to carry inflammable liquid to be ignited therefrom and means for connecting the respective conducting-rods with the opposite poles of an electric battery, substantially as described.

2. In an electric torch, the combination of a pair of conducting-rods mounted in a suitable handle insulating one from the other, an

incandescing coil located near the handle,

electrically connecting the conducting-rods.

and an elongated wick of capillary material extending from near the incandescing coil to the end of the torch remote from the handle whereby inflammable liquid in which the end of the torch is immersed may be'conducted to proximity to the incandescing coil so as to be ignited thereby, without immersing the said coil in the li uid, substantially as explained.

3. In an e ectric torch, the combination of a pair of conducting-rods mounted in a suitable handle insulating one from the other, a detachable incandescing coil adapted to be applied to said conducting-rods to form an electric connection between them and a rigid brace or strut mechanically connectinthe mountings in which the ends of the C011 are fixed, -to protect the coil from distortion and injury before ap lication to the conductingrods, substantially as described.

SVEN D MARTIN MEYER. Witnesses:

WILLIAM P. HAMMOND, OCTAVIUS KNIGHT. 

